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“Prospects for Transatlantic Cooperation in the Post-Covid Era” with Erik Brattberg
May 12, 2021 @ 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CDT
Join us on May 12th for our first EACC Texas event
About Our Speaker:
Erik Brattberg currently serves as the Director of the Europe Program and Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. In the past he has held positions with multiple international affairs think tanks such as the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University, Atlantic Council, and the German Marshall Fund. He is also a frequent contributor to international media outlets including the Washington Post, Financial Times, Politico and has provided media commentary on a variety of networks including CNN, BBC News, Fox News, NPR, ABC News, Deutsche Welle, and France 24.
Brattberg is an expert on European politics and security and transatlantic relations with over a decade’s experience in policy analysis, through leadership and strategy, on both sides of the Atlantic. Working in the geopolitics-technology-trade nexus with a particular focus on U.S. cooperation with Europe and transatlantic relations, he regularly advises governments, corporations and investors. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and by institutions such as Johns Hopkins University, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the German Council on Foreign Relations, and the European Policy Centre. And, in 2015, he published Global Flow Security: A New Strategy Agenda for the Transatlantic Community in 2030.
About our Moderator:
Joanna Ridgway is Managing Director & Head of Southwest Mid-Corporate Banking at Santander Bank, N.A.
Ms. Ridgway leads a team of senior relationship managers covering the region. The team provides strategic domestic and international lending, capital markets and banking solutions to global corporations. Professional experience includes international banking and consulting at Fifth Third Bank, JP Morgan, Bank of America and Hudson Advisors. Joanna (along with Killdares fiddler Roberta Rast Smith), is also the co-founder of June Blount, a Dallas fiddle duo, which performs Celtic & Bluegrass at events and has delivered two SMU TEDx talks (2016 & 2020) on the evolution of American fiddle styles.
A German Marshall Fund Marshall Memorial Fellow (2012), Ms. Ridgway served on the Texas selection committee for the Marshall Memorial Fellowship (2018 – 2020) and is a recipient of the Fund’s Alumni Action Grant (2017 – present), leading a Corporate Board Diversity Initiative for the Fund’s global network of alumnae.
A committed community volunteer and advocate for education, Joanna serves as a Board Member at Jubilee Center, Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations, World Affairs Council of DFW, the Texas Lyceum and is a member of the Texas Women’s Foundation Economic Leadership Council. Joanna earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Rhodes College.
About this Event:
As both the United States and the European Union seek to recover from the Covid-19 crisis, the question is whether they can build back the transatlantic agenda for a new era marked by growing competition with China, technological change, and a global climate crisis. What are the political and economic prospects for Europe given a slower vaccination rollout and a smaller stimulus package compared to the U.S.? Where can the Biden administration and European capitals make quick progress on trade, digital and climate issues over the next six to twelve months? How can the transatlantic relationship be retrofitted to better deal with a new set of challenges stemming from China’s global rise, the need to diversify global supply chains, lead on sustainability, and lead on digital and technology issues?
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